Ensure proper support for NEON in the kernel
Registered by
Paul McKenney
Add required support for the NEON vector processor to the Linux kernel
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Paul McKenney
- Priority:
- High
- Drafter:
- Loïc Minier
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- Nicolas Pitre
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for 11.05
- Implementation:
- Implemented
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Mounir Bsaibes
- Completed by
- Mounir Bsaibes
Whiteboard
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Work Items
Work items:
[dave-martin-arm] Make sure NEON works in userspace: DONE
[dave-martin-arm] Make sure NEON is correctly handled by ptrace: DONE
[dave-martin-arm] Make sure NEON is correctly handled by signal handlers: DONE
[dave-martin-arm] debug support: make sure that NEON is handled by userspace core dumps: DONE
Experimental: measure benefit of NEON-optimized code in the kernel (UDP/TCP checksums, crypto): POSTPONED
Dependency tree
* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.